Simply as BioWare celebrates November 7 as the day of the yr to rejoice all issues Mass Impact, Dragon Age has a day to itself as properly — and that is right this moment, December 4.
It is also the primary Dragon Age Day in a decade the place BioWare truly has a new Dragon Age sport to rejoice in any respect, and it is revealed a few surprises associated to The Veilguard. The largest one: it is releasing its character creator as a free, standalone app on all platforms.
Meaning you may make your individual Rook (the participant character) with out shelling out for the sport, and for those who do determine to buy The Veilguard ultimately, you’ll be able to merely import the character you already made. Plus, there is not any time restrict on it — and that is essential, as a result of you’ll be able to kill a lot of time in that very detailed, slider-heavy character creator. As BioWare factors out in its personal blog post asserting the characteristic, one creator, breebunn, spent a whopping 21 hours making her character.
Outdoors of the character creator, The Veilguard can also be getting a fourth patch right this moment, which incorporates a variety of bug fixes and quality-of-life enhancements. In a good nostalgic contact, it additionally items gamers with a beauty that’ll enable your Rook to appear to be Dragon Age II’s protagonist, Hawke. It consists of the long-lasting armor set, physique paint, and sure, even the nostril blood smear. Plus, Patch 4 additionally consists of two new Qunari complexions that seem to deal with fan complaints in regards to the lack of horn-to-forehead texture.
Lastly, BioWare guarantees to disclose a variety of stats later right this moment that’ll make clear gamers’ decisions for a number of the greater in-game choices in The Veilguard.
It is solely the newest from Dragon Age Day, with the sport’s administrators just lately sitting down with IGN for a spoiler-filled chat in regards to the endings. For extra, you’ll be able to take a look at the complete Patch 4 notes under:
New Content material:
- Dragon Age 2 Hawke’s Iconic Outfit
- Armor
- Physique Paint
- Face Paint
- Qunari Complexions
- Two new complexions for the Qunari lineage
High quality of Life Adjustments:
- In Patch 3, we launched a line on display screen displaying the place a Photograph Mode screenshot was saved. In Patch 4, we’re reverting that change as a consequence of a security concern delivered to us by some content material creators. PC gamers can discover their Photograph Mode screenshots in Paperwork/BioWare/Dragon Age: The Veilguard/screenshots
- Added an in-game Setting to show off Bloom.
- Added a “Cover/Present UI” button on the pause display screen to raised take screenshots on Console.
- Added a “Take Photograph” button on the pause display screen to take screenshots throughout conversations and cinematics on PC.
Bug Fixes:
- Fastened a problem that prevented some saves from loading correctly. (PC Solely)
- Fastened a problem that was stopping the Body Charge Restrict setting from being saved.
- Fastened a problem with Rook’s face and hair altering drastically when a save is loaded.
- Fastened a problem with sure longer hairstyles that floated above Rook’s chest and shoulders.
- Fastened a problem the place two Neve characters might seem within the Fireplace and Ice quest.
- Fastened a uncommon subject the place Emmrich didn’t lead Rook to the subsequent activity in his recruitment The place the Useless Should Go quest.
- Adjusted the spirit guides in The Warden Vault quest.
- Fastened a problem that brought on the Final Capacity to swap to the default Final.
- Fastened a problem the place the Final Capacity Icon was not displayed after Bellara is recruited.
- Fastened a problem the place the primary hit in a Warrior Rook’s protect throw could miss the goal unintentionally.
- Fastened a problem the place the Slaughter of Pillars Revenant had no well being bar.
- Fastened a problem that brought on Achievement Progress to reset when a new Rook was created. This is not going to restore Achievement Progress that was overwritten, however your Rooks will now not compete with one another for who can kill extra Excessive Dragons.
- Fastened a problem with the digital camera in The Demon’s Cut price quest when enjoying on an HDD.
- Fastened a problem with the digital camera within the Sea of Blood quest if Rook backtracked too far.
- Fastened two cases the place Viago was clearly speaking to Rook however was too absorbed by Teia’s magnificence and gazing her as a substitute.
- Fastened a problem with Photograph Mode screenshots showing barely blurry for some gamers.
- Fastened a problem the place taking a screenshot with the area bar in Photograph Mode additionally toggled the highlighted setting on the similar time. (PC Solely)
- Fastened an audio subject that brought on battle music to cease enjoying whereas Rook was nonetheless combating darkspawn in A Warden’s Greatest Pal quest.
- Fastened an audio subject that prevented music from enjoying throughout a dialog with Lucanis within the Lighthouse.
- Fastened a uncommon lighting subject within the One Final Breath quest
- Fastened a blocking subject within the Fireplace and Ice quest when returning to the Lighthouse.
- Fastened a blocking subject within the Blood of Arlathan quest if Rook backtracked too far.
- Fastened a UI subject that brought on the “New Merchandise” spotlight to get caught on an merchandise.
- Fastened a problem with the In Misplaced Friendship codex that was mentioning occasions out of order and probably with the mistaken companion.
- Fastened a problem that was inflicting the male British Inquisitor (Harry Hadden-Paton) to be pitched too low.
- Up to date a number of German voice line cases with corrected translations.
Alex Stedman is a Senior Information Editor with IGN, overseeing leisure reporting. When she’s not writing or enhancing, you’ll find her studying fantasy novels or enjoying Dungeons & Dragons.